overhear

overhear is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice.
2. transitive verb. To hear again.
3. verb. hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

   "We overheard the conversation at the next table"

   Synonyms: catch

Synonyms

catch

Common word forms

overhears, overhearer, overhearing

Words from these letters

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